7-8 Nov 2009
Urbana IL, U.S.A.
The MIDWEST MODEL THEORY MEETING for the fall semester 2009 will be held November 7-8, 2009, at the Mathematics Department, Altgeld Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The organizers are Lou van den Dries, C. Ward Henson and Slawomir Solecki. There will be four invited lectures on Saturday (the 7th) and three on Sunday; the meeting will start at 9:30 on Saturday and end by 1:00 on Sunday. Invited speakers include: Philip Ehrlich (Ohio University) Philipp Hieronymi (McMaster) Steve Jackson (Univ. of North Texas) Moshe Kamensky (Notre Dame) Maryanthe Malliaris (Univ. of Chicago) Vladimir Pestov (Univ. of Ottawa) Sergei Starchenko (Notre Dame) ACCOMMODATIONS: It is a busy weekend in Urbana, but there is no football game. The following hotels have a few rooms each held for this meeting; reservations must be made before October 6. Hampton Inn, 1200 W. University Ave., Champaign 10 minute walk to math building (217) 337 1100; Price $89/day Mention "Logic Conference" Hilton Garden Inn, 1501 S. Neil St., Champaign 1.75 miles from math building, at corner with Kirby (217) 352 9970; Price $119/day Mention "U of I Math" Holiday Inn, 1001 Killarney St., Urbana 2 miles from math building, near I-74 (217) 328 7900; Price $90/day Mention "Department of Mathematics" PARKING: On the weekend, parking is free in the university parking garage at the corner of John and Sixth streets, one block west of the math building. Entrance is from John St., which is one-way going east. Parking on the street near campus requires feeding meters all day. TRAVEL: At http://illinois.edu/resourcesfor/visitors/directions.html the University maintains a web page giving some travel information, especially about driving to Urbana-Champaign.